The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 96
... myself to him at the head of his C • army . " Upon my next remove I found myself in the woods . under the fhape of a jackal , and foon lifted my- felf in the fervice of a lion . I ufed to yelp near his den about midnight , which was his ...
... myself to him at the head of his C • army . " Upon my next remove I found myself in the woods . under the fhape of a jackal , and foon lifted my- felf in the fervice of a lion . I ufed to yelp near his den about midnight , which was his ...
Page 97
... myself dwindled into an emmet : I was heartily concerned to make fo infignificant a figure , and did not know but fome time or other I might be reduced to a mite if I did not mend my manners . I therefore applied myself with great ...
... myself dwindled into an emmet : I was heartily concerned to make fo infignificant a figure , and did not know but fome time or other I might be reduced to a mite if I did not mend my manners . I therefore applied myself with great ...
Page 146
... myself , I endeavour to rectify my conduct for the future in those particulars which have drawn the cenfure upon me ; but if the whole in- vective be grounded upon a falfehood , I trouble myself no further about it , and look upon my ...
... myself , I endeavour to rectify my conduct for the future in those particulars which have drawn the cenfure upon me ; but if the whole in- vective be grounded upon a falfehood , I trouble myself no further about it , and look upon my ...
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